People's Committees system

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The People's Committees system was a network of local and sectoral governing bodies in Libya that formed the core of Muammar Gaddafi’s direct democracy model under the Jamahiriya state.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political institution ⓘ
system of local government ⓘ
administrativeLevel local ⓘ
sectoral ⓘ
administrativeRole budget allocation at local level ⓘ
implementation of development projects ⓘ
appliesToPoliticalSystem Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ⓘ
linked to: Libya
basedOnWorkOf Muammar Gaddafi ⓘ
claimedDecisionMakingMethod direct participation of citizens ⓘ
mass meetings ⓘ
claimedFunction implementation of popular authority ⓘ
replacement of representative institutions ⓘ
contrastedWith multi-party representative democracy ⓘ
coreOf Jamahiriya political system ⓘ
linked to: Jamahiriya
country Libya ⓘ
criticizedFor concentration of power ⓘ
lack of genuine pluralism ⓘ
declinePeriod after 2011 Libyan Civil War ⓘ
deFactoControl held by revolutionary leadership around Muammar Gaddafi ⓘ
endCause collapse of Jamahiriya government in 2011 ⓘ
governs economic sectors in Libya ⓘ
local administration in Libya ⓘ
hasComponent Basic People's Congresses ⓘ
General People's Committee ⓘ
local People's Committees ⓘ
sectoral People's Committees ⓘ
ideology Third International Theory ⓘ
direct democracy ⓘ
inspiredBy The Green Book ⓘ
languageOfOperation Arabic ⓘ
legalBasis Declaration of the Establishment of the People's Authority ⓘ
subsequent Jamahiriya legislation ⓘ
linkedInstitution General People's Congress ⓘ
officialTerminology people's authority ⓘ
oversightOf local security and policing structures ⓘ
partOf Jamahiriya state structure ⓘ
linked to: Jamahiriya system
politicalCharacterization authoritarian direct-democracy model ⓘ
politicalLeader Muammar Gaddafi ⓘ
region North Africa ⓘ
replaced traditional municipal councils in Libya ⓘ
selfDescription expression of popular will ⓘ
significantEvent formalization after 1977 Declaration of the Establishment of the People's Authority ⓘ
startTime late 1970s ⓘ
supervisedBy General People's Congress ⓘ
timePeriod Jamahiriya era ⓘ
linked to: Jamahiriya system
usedFor implementation of state policies at local level ⓘ
management of public services ⓘ
management of state-owned enterprises ⓘ

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People's Committees system → hasComponent → sectoral People's Committees ⓘ
linked to: People's Committees system
Basic People's Congresses → creates → Basic People's Committees ⓘ
linked to: People's Committees system
Jamahiriya → governingBodies → People’s Committees ⓘ
linked to: People's Committees system